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Testing

More you use the software, more issues and wishes you can find. Do not keep this knowledge for you - file a bug on http://bugs.kde.org, the KDE Bug Tracking System (Bugzilla).

Querying existing reports

Bugzilla's Query form with KDE on windows product and buildsystem component selected (click to enlarge)

To find a report use the Query Reports form, where you can specify product, component, version, installation type and operating system, and a few more. To find Windows-related reports, select one or more parameters of your search (what can make your result set more or less limited):

Product: kde-windows

Component:

buildsystem - The build system for KDE on Windows: plain cmake and emerge

Sending a new report

go to the KDE Bug Report Wizard and read information provided here if you are new to the bug tracking system

click "Continue" button and select the KDE Version (most probably 4.x) and the Distribution Method - "MS Windows Binaries", the very last item on the list.

click "Continue" button and enter "installer" into the Find field, the select

Then provide appropriate amount of information in the subsequent forms; read the above explanation of fields like Product

Notes

Before reporting make sure that you are not going to duplicate already existing report.

If you discover that the bug or a wish is not directly related to MS Windows (e.g. a bug can be reproduced on more or all operating systems), set the "operating system" field to "All" and the "platform" field to "unspecified".